Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Wednesday night
referred to her colleague Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a "very
decent" person as she lamented what she characterized as the
"dysfunction" surrounding the confirmation process for new
justices.

After delivering a speech on the 2018 Supreme Court term and the
late former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Ginsburg
participated in a question-and-answer session with Duke Law
professor Neil Siegel at an event for prospective law
students held by Duke University.

Siegel at one point said "nominees for the Supreme Court
are not chosen primarily anymore for independence, legal ability,
[and] personal decency, and I wonder if that's a loss for all of
us."

Ginsburg said the confirmation process for both of her new
colleagues, who were nominated by President Donald Trump, was far
too divisive. She said that despite the fact she was a "flaming
feminist" when nominated to the Supreme Court in 1993, she was
confirmed by a 96-3 vote and the process was much
smoother.